My grandfather and grandmother immigrated to New Zealand from Kent, England in 1960. I am researching their family,for anyone with links to these families you possibly have alot of family here in New Zealand that you may not have known about!

My Grandfathers family surnames were: Bishop, Chandler, Palmer. Anyone with these names in their tree? I have alot of names for the Palmers side and a few for Chandlers yet the Bishops name seems to end at my Great Grandfather.

My Grandmothers family surnames: Henwood and Harris. Their was a marriage to a Hodson and maybe a Brennan. My grandmothers Uncle married a lady named Violet Cooke. The uncles name is unknown though.

From what i have seen while researching is that their are alot of these names that circulated the Kent area, i just can't seem to get a link to the people i know! Any help would be great.
Thank you.

I am researching my family and have come across a sister-in-law of my great great grandmother. Her name is Violet Cooke. Would love to hear from anyone with information on her, i would really like to know of any information on her husband, his last name is Harris, thats all i know. His sister (my gt gt grandmother) is Lydia Henwood (nee Harris). My grandmother use to speak fondly of her Aunt Violet so it would be really nice to learn something about her.

From what i have learnt, Violets husband died early in the marriage, He originated from England, yet i assume they settled in Hawaii. I do know that they adopted 2 girls, possibly 3. One did die due to a horse accident, i think my grandad mentioned a foot stuck in a stirrup.